New York Youth Symphony: Orchestra Excerpts

Please find your instrument and audition instructions below.

Orchestra
Violin
Applicants will be required to prepare all of the following excerpts in addition to two works of contrasting styles, preferrably including the first movement of a Mozart concerto. Scales, bowing techniques, and sight-reading may be required.
Excerpts	Mahler, Symphony no. 5, Mvmt. 1: Reh. 7 ("Plotzlich Schneller") to end of 2nd page Mahler, Symphony no. 5, Mvmt. 2: Entire page Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4: Both pages
Viola
Applicants will be required to prepare all of the following excerpts in addition to two works of contrasting styles. Scales, bowing techniques, and sight-reading may be required.
Excerpts	Berlioz, “Roman Carnival Overture” Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4, Mvmt. 1: Reh. C through Reh. E Mahler, Symphony no. 5, Mvmt. 3: Reh. 19 through end of the page Mahler, Symphony no. 5, Mvmt. 5: Reh. 23 through end of the page
Cello
Applicants will be required to prepare all of the following excerpts in addition to two works of contrasting styles. Scales, bowing techniques, and sight-reading may be required.
Excerpts	Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra, Mvmt. 5 Mahler, Symphony no. 5, Mvmt. 2 Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4, Mvmt. 1: Prepare all four pages
Bass
Applicants will be required to prepare all of the following excerpts in addition to two works of contrasting styles. Scales, bowing techniques, and sight-reading may be required.
Excerpts	Beethoven, Symphony no. 9, Mvmt. 4 Mahler, Symphony no. 5, Mvmt. 3: Reh. 15 through Reh. 22 Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra
Flute
Applicants will be required to prepare all of the following excerpts in addition to two works of contrasting styles. Scales and sight-reading may be required, as well as double- and triple-tonguing.
Excerpts	Debussy, "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune": bracketed selections Mendelssohn, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Mahler, Symphony no. 5, Mvmt. 1: 1 bar before Reh. 12 through Reh. 15 Mahler, Symphony no. 5, Mvmt. 5: Entire page
Piccolo
Applicants will be required to prepare all of the following excerpts in addition to two works of contrasting styles. Scales and sight-reading may be required, as well as double- and triple-tonguing.
Excerpts	Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4, Mvmt. 3
Oboe
Applicants will be required to prepare all of the following excerpts in addition to two works of contrasting styles. Scales and sight-reading may be required, as well as double- and triple-tonguing.
Excerpts	Ravel, “Le Tombeau de Couperin", Mvmt. 1: Both pages Ravel, “Le Tombeau de Couperin", Mvmt. 3: Beginning through Reh. 4 Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4, Mvmt. 2: Entire page Mahler, Symphony no. 5, Mvmt. 3: Beginning through 5 before Reh. 28
Clarinet
Applicants will be required to prepare all of the following excerpts in addition to two works of contrasting styles. Scales and sight-reading may be required, as well as double- and triple-tonguing.
Excerpts	Rachmaninoff, Symphony no. 2, Mvmt. 3: Beginning through Reh. 47 Mendelssohn, "A Midsummer Night's Dream": Entire page, not just bracketed section Mahler, Symphony no. 5, Mvmt. 1: Entire page
E-flat Clarinet
Applicants will be required to prepare all of the following excerpts in addition to two works of contrasting styles. Scales and sight-reading may be required, as well as double- and triple-tonguing.
Excerpts	Berlioz, "Symphonie Fantastique," Mvmt. 5
Bass Clarinet
Applicants will be required to prepare all of the following excerpts in addition to two works of contrasting styles. Scales and sight-reading may be required, as well as double- and triple-tonguing.
Excerpts	Strauss, "Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche"
Bassoon
Applicants will be required to prepare all of the following excerpts in addition to two works of contrasting styles. Scales and sight-reading may be required, as well as double- and triple-tonguing.
Excerpts	Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra, Mvmt. 2: Both excerpts Mozart, “Marriage of Figaro” Overture Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4, Mvmt. 2
Horn
Applicants will be required to prepare all of the following excerpts in addition to two works of contrasting styles. Scales and sight-reading may be required, as well as double- and triple-tonguing.
Excerpts	Strauss, Don Juan Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel: Bracketed excerpts Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4, Mvmt. 1 Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4, Mvmt. 2 If auditioning for principal, please prepare entire obbligato horn solo from Mahler, Symphony no. 5, Mvmt. 3
Trumpet
Applicants will be required to prepare all of the following excerpts in addition to two works of contrasting styles. Scales and sight-reading may be required, as well as double- and triple-tonguing.
Excerpts	Mahler, Symphony no. 5, Mvmt. 1 Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4, Mvm.t 1 Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra, Mvmt. 5
Tenor Trombone
Applicants will be required to prepare all of the following excerpts in addition to two works of contrasting styles. Scales, tonguing, and sight-reading may be required.
Excerpts	Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4, Mvmt. 1 Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra, Mvmt. 1 Mahler, Symphony no. 5, Mvmt 3: 1 bar before Reh. 15 to end of 2nd page
Bass Trombone
Applicants will be required to prepare all of the following excerpts in addition to two works of contrasting styles. Scales, tonguing, and sight-reading may be required.
Excerpts	Select two of the three Tenor Trombone excerpts from above and prepare: Wagner, “Ride of the Valkyries”
Tuba
Applicants will be required to prepare all of the following excerpts in addition to two works of contrasting styles. Scales, tonguing, and sight-reading may be required.
Excerpts	Mahler, Symphony no. 5, Mvmt. 3
Harp
Applicants will be required to prepare all of the following excerpts in addition to two works of contrasting styles. Scales and sight-reading may be required.
Excerpts	Strauss, Don Juan
Percussion
Excerpts	Percussion audition packet
Timpani	Rite of Spring Demonstration of rolls, tuning, and sightreading
Cymbals	Crashes at various dynamic levels
Snare Drum	Demonstration of rolls, rudimentary solo of choice Back to top